Download Rahi at Council of Eastern Catholic Patriarchs Conference: to maintain our presence in the Levant NNA - The Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East on Wednesday held its 25th annual conference, titled "Hope and Resistance".

It was during that period that he developed productive relationships with Jewish leaders and intellectuals and came to appreciate the distinctive contributions of Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic churches.

The crucifix-an important symbol for many Christian groups, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, Methodist and Anglican churches as well as the Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Catholic and other Oriental Orthodox churches-emphasizes Jesus sacrifice, his death by crucifixion which Christians believe brought about the redemption of mankind.

We [Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church] are trying to be the mediators and it is the image of our own mission as the Eastern Catholic Church, which is both in communion with the Holy Father, with Western Christianity, but embodies the Eastern Christian spirituality, liturgical, theological tradition" (ibid).

Behind the screen, and at times in front of them, priests in Eastern European vestments, including an eye-catching red and gold robe called a phelonion and a cylindrical black hat called a kalimavkion, celebrated a special Mass partly in sung Slavonic -- a liturgical language used by some Eastern Catholic churches.

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